Traffic

Fatal crash closes Highway 99 in Shoreline

SHORELINE, Wash. — Both directions of Highway 99 in Shoreline are closed after a four-vehicle fatal crash.

It happened at about 7:45 a.m. near North 155th Street. A passenger in a taxicab, a 62-year-old woman, died at the scene, according to the King County Sheriff's Office.

The taxi driver and the driver of a passenger car, both men, were injured and taken to the hospital.

SR 99 is closed from North 160th to North 152nd.

KIRO 7 Traffic Reporter Tracy Taylor says drivers can take Dayton Avenue North or Meridian Avenue North.

KIRO 7 is sending a news crew to the scene.